• Bug bounty hunters reveal eight vulnerabilities in Google services

  By Loek Essers | 24 May, 2012 12:56

  Security researchers unveiled eight vulnerabilities in Google services during the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam on Thursday -- but they claim to have discovered more than 100 such bugs over the past few months.

• APT attackers are increasingly using booby-trapped RTF documents, experts say

  By Lucian Constantin | 11 May, 2012 00:26

  Booby-trapped RTF documents are one of the most common types of malicious Microsoft Office files that are used to infect computers with advanced persistent threats (APTs), according to security researchers from Trend Micro.

• Free tool to encrypt DNS requests released for Windows

  By Jeremy Kirk | 10 May, 2012 13:09

  A security company specializing in the Domain Name System has released a Windows version of a tool that encrypts DNS requests, which could be spied on to reveal a user's browsing activity.

• Police-themed ransomware starts targeting US and Canadian users

  By Lucian Constantin | 10 May, 2012 01:45

  A ransomware application that locks computers and asks their owners to pay fines for allegedly violating several laws through their online activity is targeting U.S. and Canadian users, malware experts from security firm Trend Micro said on Wednesday.

• Apple engineering mistake exposes clear-text passwords for Lion

  By Jeremy Kirk | 07 May, 2012 11:47

  Apple's latest update to OS X contains a dangerous programming error that reveals the passwords for material stored in the first version of FileVault, the company's encryption technology, a software consultant said.

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